Saturday, July 18, 2009

First Steps!

Sam took five steps today! Finally Aaron was there to see it, he hasn't taken any steps while he was home before. We were taking pictures of Sam in his new Gator football jersey, when he suddenly started walking towards the camera! Fortunately we had the camera out to capture the moment. There is also a funny picture of Sam looking like he just scored a touchdown. He is pretty entertaining :) And super excited for football season, if you can't tell. 10 months old and starting to walk...yikes.





Tuesday, July 14, 2009

More Pictures!

We posted some more pictures! The first two are just pictures of Sam being cute today. There is also a picture of Sam and Mommy swimming at Manatee Springs. It was a pretty area, the water is 72 degrees year round (a little too cold for my taste!). Manatees are known to swim a lot there, luckily we didn't run into any while we were swimming! Then there are a couple of beach pictures, we try to get to the beach as often as we can since we've only got one year left here! The Gulf Coast is definitely our favorite, the water is a lot warmer, and the sand is softer.

Sam is learning to be nicer to Mary (the baby girl we babysit everyday). At first he was getting jealous, but today he tried to share his favorite toys with her. His intentions were sweet, but he kept trying to drop his heavy toys on her, so my reflexes have sharpened in order to save Mary from Sam's "sharing." :)








Saturday, July 11, 2009

Fashionably Late to Blogging...

We wondered when we would succomb to the peer pressure from the blogging world - better late than never! We aren't totally sure how everything works, but we will learn as we go I guess. We are hoping that this will be a better way to keep everyone involved in whats going on with us, as we are several states away from our family and friends!

We are all doing great! Sam is starting to uncover the mysteries of walking. It is fun to watch him become more and more brave. He is standing up on his own now, without holding onto furniture. If he knows that we are watching him and we praise him, then he will sit back down, so we have to pretend like its not a big deal that our little baby is learning to stand on his own! We try to be sneaky when we silently encourage him. Sam gets cuter every day, and we are crazy about him!

Aaron is really enjoying his first clinical rotation. He is working in pediatrics right now at a health clinic. With everything that Aaron is learning there, I think Sam will be one healthy little boy! Aaron saw a patient the other day with really bad tooth decay, so Aaron picked up a baby toothbrush and baby toothpaste on his way home from work and has been working hard at teaching Sam good oral hygeine!

I have been keeping busy taking care of Sam as well as a little baby girl. Her mom is in school full time and so she needs a sitter every day. It has been an eye opening experience trying to take care of two babies at once, to say the least! But I think it will be really great for Sam to have a friend, and help him learn to share. All is well here in Florida!